Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-15
LOCAL N e w S.


Printed wedding invitations at Dorman's
Read II. P. Hoadley's advertisement on
third page.
Thomas orchestra will play at the annual
ball of Hook and Ladder No. 1 of Birming-
ham Jan. 21st.
Birmingham division, Sons of Temperance,
will pay fraternal visit to Milford division
next Monday evening.
The sewing girls in Beatty's straw hat fac
tory, South Norwalk, are on a strike because
of reduction in their wages.
The Knights of St. Patrick held meeting
last night to elect officers, but adjourned with
out transacting any business.
John Reagan, who was of Co. I, Second
Heavy Artillery, died at the hospital last
night of consumption. He was At years of
age.
Mrs Julia Brown of West Chester, Conn.
had her pocket picked of Sc in this city while
crowding in to get a seat at one of the Wo-
mems Board meetings, and another lady lost
$50.
A party of New Haven Knights Templar
arrived home from sleigh ride to Birming-
ham at about o'clock yesterday morning.
They had supper and dance at the Bassett
House.
Mr.. H. G. Jennings, superintendent at
Bolton & Neely's dry goods store, expects to
resign the first of next month to accept a
similar and more lucrative position in Phila
delphia.
Mr.. Henry J. Purdden of this city is
among the speakers to address the conven-
tion of Fairfield county Sunday school su-
perintendents to be held in South Norwalk
Jan. 25.
Prof. Chandeliers praise service in English
Hall will be held one week from to morrow
evening instead of tomorrow night as an
nounced. Tomorrow there will be the usual
services in the hall.
The sleighing carnival will take place this
afternoon. The route will be out Orange
street or State street to East Rock, to Sol
diers' monument, thence to Whitneyville
and back by way of Whitney avenue.
Gen. Wheeler's war lecture at the Howard
avenue Congregational church last evening,
subject "From Sumter to Gettysburg" was
highly interesting and enjoyed by large
audience. The views were excellent.
The Rev. Mr.. Northrop, of Norwich,
breaches at the first Congregational church in
Thomaston next Sunday. He is brother
of o. II. Northrop of that place and nephew
of Prof. Northrop, late of Y ale college.
Recent coasting accidents in South Nor
walk: Eddie Boyce had his ankle fractured,
Howard Beers came home with one of his
eyes closed and Walter Pegg, son of Rev. Mr..
Pegg, paid dearly enough for his sport with
q broken arm.
Some of the New Haven dealers have
good stock of coal on hand, but the coal
famine in many places owing to the strike is
becoming serious. One cargo of coal shipped
to this city to be sold at So was shipped back
to New York where it was quickly disposed
of for $40 ton.
Captain Douglas Leffingwell, late of Iowa,
now of this city, will next Monday evening
read before the New Haven Colony Histori-
cal society his grand paper on "The Histori-
cal society, what it is to the present, what
it is to be to the future" at their rooms Nos
2 and 4, State House.
AS the fish commission cost the State $14,-
600 last year and the receipts from taxation
of cyster lands were less than that sum, the
legislature will be asked to have the commits
sion consist of one member. There is said to
be personal feelings animating those promi-
mont in the movement.
Waterbury capitalists met Thursday night
and joined hands and pocketbooks to the
end of inducing the Beacon Valley Rubber
Co. to locate their new shops in that city. It
Is declared also that enterprising Bridgeport
had the same chance in its hands and for
once failed to "catch on.'
The funeral of the late l. N. Spencer, ir,
will take place at Westbrook at p M to-
day. Widows Son lodge, F. and A. M, of
Branford, will conduct the burial service.
Friends will leave the Union depot in this
city with the remains on the HOS a. m
train
The buying of seal sacques at Burgess &
Burgess seems to be almost as great now as
at the holiday season, owing to the big mark
down of prices which enables ladies to make
a good speculation for fall and winter prices,
and the chance for fine selection being also
advantageous. The firm are having also a
very successful special sale for few days of
ladies' natural beaver shoulder capes at only
$3.50, and extra fine black lynx muffs very
low; also fine seal caps for only $3.50.
Dangerously HI
A large circle of friends will much regret
to hear that the illness of Mrs. Bray, wife of
Rev. 8. H. Bray, pastor of the Humphrey
street Congregational church, has again as
sumed a critical character. The lady has
now been iii for several weeks and her condi-
ton yesterday was very serious.
Good SamarItans' Temperance Meet
1ngg.
Tonight the regular Saturday evening
meeting of the Good Samaritans' temperance
society will be held in Samaritans' hall, 817
Chapel street Tomorrow night Charles Fl.
Fowler will deliver temperance address,
and James Hiney, the well known tenor